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University of Southern California’s Agent Summit

Last Tuesday, the University of Southern California hosted an “Agent Awareness, Education and Eligibility Summit.”  The following officials were in attendance: Jimmy Sexton – Co-Founder, SportsTrust Advisors Tom Condon – Football Agent, CAA Rick Smith – Agent, Priority Sports Mark Levin – Director of Salary Cap and Agent Administration, NFLPA Ray Anderson – VP of […]

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Seton Hall 2011 Sports & Entertainment Law Symposium

What: Seton Hall Journal of Sports & Entertainment Law 2011 Sports & Entertainment Law Symposium When: February 15, 2011 (4:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.) Where: One Newark Center, Newark, NJ 07102 (map) The event will focus on the professional and ethical dilemmas confronting attorneys representing athletes and entertainers. 3 CLE credits will be awarded for full day […]

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University Of Oregon Sports & Entertainment Law Conference

*Cheerleaders may or may not be in attendance. What: University of Oregon School of Law Sports & Entertainment Law Conference 2011 Where: White Stag Building, Portland, Oregon (map) When: Friday, January 28, 2011 (8 a.m. – 6 p.m.) Schedule: 8:00am-9:00am: Registration 9:15am-10:30am: MMA: The Legal Aspects of an Emerging Sport Brad Darcy – Executive Director […]

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Huskies, Cougars Vie For Apple Cup Victory

NCAA Football betting handicappers know that the Washington Huskies’ postseason hopes looked dead at the beginning of November. Now, the boys from Seattle will try to punch a ticket to a bowl on the first Saturday of December. The Washington Huskies were 3-6 a few weeks ago and headed toward an early conclusion to their season. […]

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No Evidence That Agents Linked To Former UNC Players Paying Current Student-Athletes

On Thursday, November 11, 2010, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill released an update stating that it was ready to start releasing additional information about the investigation into its football program (the update is attached at the bottom of this post).  The additional details included the following bullet-point: Mahlon Carey, Hakeem Nicks, Omar Brown, Vernon Davis, and […]

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$1.5 Million + Mark McCormack’s Archives Goes To UMass Amherst

I am slightly jealous of future University of Massachusetts at Amherst students who are interested in the business of sports, because at they will have the archives of Mark H. McCormack at their fingertips.  Eventually, all of us may be able to access McCormack’s archives, as the school gradually digitizes his collection, but for the […]

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New York Law School Sports Law Symposium

What: The New York Law School Institute for Information Law and Policy and the New York Law School Sports Law Society Second Annual Sports Law Symposium When: Friday, November 12, 2010 Where: New York Law School, 185 West Broadway, Events Center, 2nd Floor Panels: 1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. – Hot Topics in Sports 2:30 […]

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5th Annual Ivy Sports Symposium

What: 5th Annual Ivy Sports Symposium When: Friday, November 19, 2010 (9 a.m. – 7 p.m.) Where: Princeton University Chris Chaney has done an excellent job developing this symposium, which is one of the best offered every year.  Last year I had the honor of participating on one of the panels at the event.  Check […]

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ASU Sports & Entertainment Law Conference

What: Arizona State University Sports & Entertainment Law Conference When: Saturday, October 30, 2010 (9 a.m. – 5 p.m.) Where: Armstrong Hall at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University Topic: A-Rod to Jay-Z: Sports and Entertainment Law in the 21st Century. Speakers will present articles that will be published in […]

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What Does Penn State D-I Hockey Mean for College Hockey?

In news that officially broke this past Friday, September 17th, Penn State will officially add Division I hockey to its lineup of collegiate athletics.  The announcement brings both a men’s and women’s program to the Nittany Lions’ athletic department and adds to the number of D-I college hockey programs in Pennsylvania, which currently includes Mercyhurst […]